Guinea pigs...

We have a couple of new family members and I used the August kit from Cocoa Daisy to create a mini album about them. I love the textured cardstock and I added one of the August DITL cards and some watercolour to create the front page.

We first met them at the breeder's place... 

...and not long after they moved into our house! 

We're doing our best to bribe them with food, in order to win their hearts... :) 

30 days of lists

I decided to give "30 days of lists" a try and here is the cover of my little journal. I was very inspired by Kristin's beautiful kit and I used stamps from Cocoa Daisy to create my journal. I stamped using Archival Ink and then I added some Inktense Pencils (the watercolour-look) and some splatters of mist too (Maya Mist).

 

 

Here's my first list... I decided to write in Swedish, at least this first list. I may change my mind or mix the languages later on - we'll see... :) At first I found this first subject really hard. Nothing is really new this year, if I only think about ME. But when I realized I could look a bit further, and list things that are new around me - in my family - I finally came up with some new things.

 

 

 

 Translation:

* Tuva started daycare

* We all caught a bad stomach bug this winter

* I became an aunt to little Vide!

* Linus started fourth grade at a new school - Paulinska.

* Alva started first grade

* Linus and Alva have registred for saxophone and drama at Kulturskolan.

 

Well, the conclusion is that the most exciting new thing that has happened to ME this year, is that I caught a stomach bug. =) Perhaps I should set some more fun goals for 2014? =)

 

 

 

 

 

Kurs hos Pyssloteket

Jag kommer att hålla en kurs hos Pyssloteket, lördag 28 september, klockan 12-15. Mer information och info om hur du anmäler dig hittar du här! Det ska bli så kul!

I'll be teaching a mini album class at Pyssloteket, on September 28. I'm really looking forward to it! Info (in Swedish) can be found here.

Simply Sheer, texture paste and album cover...

We are creating with Texture Paste over at the Tattered Angels inspiration blog this month. This is the second canvas I created for the CHA booth, with the same type of butterflies that I had on my other canvas.

Here I used mainly the non-glittery mists from Tattered Angels - Plain Jane Simply Sheer. As much as I love glimmer, I love this look too! I used the colours Taupe, Burlap and Pink (for the flowers). The butterflies were both misted and then coloured with Glimmer Glaze - Icicle and Cowboy. The chipboard pieces were also painted with Glimmer Glaze Icicle.

I used a 6x6 chunky stretched natural canvas and some cord/jute rope from Canvas Corp.

I have also put together a journal, and I used texture paste to create my cover. I misted the cover with Chalkboard Mist Black Orchid and Glimmer Mist Aquamarine. To finish off, I splattered some Glimmer Glam Chandelier on top. The rings were painted with Glimmer Glaze Chianti.

Glam, Mist and Glaze...

Here are my projects for Tattered Angels this month! To find out more about the products I used, check out the Tattered Angels blog.

On this layout I started out with gesso and then added Glimmer Mist and Chalkboard Glimmer Mist. I also dripped some pink Glimmer Glam on my background, and the ruler and the thickers were colored with Glam too. The die cuts were covered with Glimmer Glaze.

I also created a colourful mini album out of tags... and used lots of Glimmer Glam and Mist!

My last project this month was another small 10x10 cm canvas, using mostly Glimmer Glam and Glimmer Mist.